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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3749/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3749 - Transfer of property to the... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3749 - Transfer of property to the network | The transfer to the Network of staff and of any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible property, rights, and obligations under the custody or administration of the Department of Health that were previously conferred for the purpose of creating the Network, is hereby authorized.
History —Feb. 2, 2012, No. 40... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3750/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3750 - Protection of information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3750 - Protection of information | If, for any reason, the Network should cease to be a state designated entity, be dissolved, become insolvent, or cease operations pursuant to this chapter, all of its assets shall be transferred to the Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
History —Feb. 2, 2012, No. 40, § 11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3751/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3751 - Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3751 - Prohibition | The Network, the members of its Board of Directors or Committees, its employees, or any other representatives may not use the property or instruments of the Network to provide access to health information in violation of the federal and Commonwealth laws and regulations that protect health-related or other information ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3752/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3752 - Annual fiscal report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3752 - Annual fiscal report | It is hereby provided that all regulations related to the Network's expenditures and generation of funds shall have the approval of the Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico. The Network shall be under the obligation to render an annual fiscal report to the Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico and to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3761/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3761 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3761 - Public policy | It is hereby established as the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to promote research and the creation of a Center for the Treatment of Autistic Children and other health conditions (Center), as well as the development of a promotional and financing plan for its development and creation as a laboratory for... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3762/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3762 - Strategic Plan to Promote and Develo... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3762 - Strategic Plan to Promote and Develop the Center | (a) Interagency Coordination Committee for the Development of the Center.— The Municipality of San Sebastián, in coordination with the Department of Health, the Tourism Company, the University of Puerto Rico, the Government Development Bank, the Industrial Development Company, and the Puerto Rico National Parks Company... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3763/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3763 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3763 - Rulemaking authority | The Department of Health is hereby empowered to promulgate the regulations needed to establish the requirements for the approval and endorsement process for the establishment or expansion of the operations of the Center. If necessary, the Department may amend and/or repeal that which is necessary to temper the administ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3764/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3764 - Provisions on lands and/or propertie... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3764 - Provisions on lands and/or properties | The Municipality of San Sebastián and the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO) shall create and keep an inventory of available land and/or properties with the basic infrastructure necessary, in terms of paths, irrigation, and drainage, which could be available for the Center. These public real properties... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3765/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3765 - Agency regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3765 - Agency regulations | The pertinent agencies shall establish or adjust the corresponding regulations to achieve the purposes of this act within ninety (90) days after its approval. This rulemaking process shall be exempt from the terms established by §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, better known as the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-i/3771/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter I - Title and Public Policy (§§ 3771 — 3772)›§ 3771 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter I - Title and Public Policy (§§ 3771 — 3772) › § 3771 - Short title | This chapter shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Funeral Services Act”.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 1.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-i/3772/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter I - Title and Public Policy (§§ 3771 — 3772)›§ 3772 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter I - Title and Public Policy (§§ 3771 — 3772) › § 3772 - Public policy | It is the public policy of the People of Puerto Rico to recognize that human dignity is inviolable and that said fundamental principle must prevail in natural life and beyond. Therefore, the treatment of the deceased and the consideration towards their family shall observe the utmost dignity, consideration, and respect... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ii/3781/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783)›§ 3781 - Death certificate | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783) › § 3781 - Death certificate | A death certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of §§ 1041 et seq. of this title, is proof of the death of a human being. The death certificate may be registered in any office of the Vital Statistics Register regardless of the municipality where the death occurred.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 2.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ii/3782/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783)›§ 3782 - Burial-transit permit; death outside ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783) › § 3782 - Burial-transit permit; death outside of Puerto Rico | A burial-transit permit or authorization for cremation issued for any person who has died outside of Puerto Rico shall constitute proof of the death of said person.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 2.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ii/3783/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783)›§ 3783 - Certificate; death during catastrophi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783) › § 3783 - Certificate; death during catastrophic events | When a person dies during a catastrophic event, the provisions of §§ 1311 et seq. of this title, known as the “Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events Act”, shall govern.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 2.03. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iii/3791/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794)›§ 3791 - Protection of human re... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794) › § 3791 - Protection of human remains | All human remains shall be transported in a body bag, protected from plain sight, so as not to become a hazard to public health.
If more than twenty-four (24) hours after the death have elapsed, human remains shall be embalmed prior to transportation, unless transported in a sealed metal casket.
In accordance with §§ 3... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iii/3792/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794)›§ 3792 - Ground transportation ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794) › § 3792 - Ground transportation vehicles | Human remains may be transported in hearses, ambulances, or other vehicles duly authorized for such purposes by the Public Service Commission. In the event that a patient dies inside an ambulance, the provisions of the General Environmental Health Regulations shall govern.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 3.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iii/3793/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794)›§ 3793 - Transport by air or se... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794) › § 3793 - Transport by air or sea; requirements | Every shipping agency, transport company, airline, or entity engaged in maritime or air transport whereby human remains shall be transported shall require the appropriate burial-transit permit or authorization for cremation for said human remains, as well as any documents required by the pertinent jurisdiction.
History... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iii/3794/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794)›§ 3794 - Transportation; requir... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794) › § 3794 - Transportation; requirement to embalm; exception | When human remains are not embalmed due to religious beliefs, such remains may be transported insofar as a sealed metal casket is used therefor. In such cases, a special permit issued by the Department of Health shall be requested.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 3.04. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3801/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3801 - Establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3801 - Establishment | Every funeral service business shall operate in one or more establishments duly authorized by the Permit Management Office and shall hold a sanitary license issued by the Secretary of Health. In addition, said business shall meet all the requirements provided by the laws and regulations of Puerto Rico, and those provid... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3802/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3802 - Management | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3802 - Management | Every funeral home shall be managed by a funeral director duly qualified and certified as such by the Secretary of Health. Said director shall have completed a technical-vocational course in mortuary science or an equivalent course, and submitted adequate proof of good moral character, and a criminal record certificate... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3803/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3803 - Precautions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3803 - Precautions | Any person who renders any type of services at a funeral home shall be responsible for taking the following precautionary measures:
(1) To use protective gear or materials when preparing or having any direct contact with the human remains or any of the fluids, secretions, or excretions thereof. This shall include, but ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3804/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3804 - Facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3804 - Facilities | (1) Every funeral home shall provide public restrooms divided by gender, located outside the preparation or embalming area and outside the chapel or viewing area.
(2) In order to engage in the embalming process, the funeral home shall have an embalming room that meets the following requirements:
(a) To be located outsi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3805/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3805 - Prices and costs of goods and services; d... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3805 - Prices and costs of goods and services; duty to disclose information | Every funeral business or establishment engaged in the rendering of funeral goods and services shall provide every client with a list of the prices or costs of the goods and services offered.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 4.05. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-v/3811/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813)›§ 3811 - Embalmers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813) › § 3811 - Embalmers | A person engaged in the practice of embalming human remains or in the application of partial embalming procedures such as washing and disinfecting a body, aspiring fluids, suturing mouths, closing eyes, or cosmetizing shall hold a valid license issued by the Examining Board of Embalmers of Puerto Rico, created by §§ 10... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-v/3812/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813)›§ 3812 - Mandatory embalming | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813) › § 3812 - Mandatory embalming | Even when embalming human remains is not usually necessary, it shall be mandatory in the following cases:
(1) When human remains are to be buried twenty-four (24) hours or more after death.
(2) In the event of a viewing prior to cremation, and when such viewing will take place twenty-four (24) hours or more after death... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-v/3813/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813)›§ 3813 - Embalmers; precautions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813) › § 3813 - Embalmers; precautions | In addition to the precautionary measures provided in § 3803 of this title, in the discharge of his duties, every embalmer shall:
(1) Discard all safety and protection equipment used during the aforementioned embalming or preparation process, upon completing his work on any human remains.
(2) Clean the floor, table, eq... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3821/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826)›§ 3821 - Construction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826) › § 3821 - Construction | Caskets shall be made of wood, metal, vulcanized fiber, fiberglass, or plastic and shall have a secure cap or lid that should close completely. Provided, further, That the purchase and sale thereof shall only be completed provided the distributor and the seller comply with the applicable provisions of law.
History —Sep... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3822/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826)›§ 3822 - Reuse; prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826) › § 3822 - Reuse; prohibition | The reuse of caskets is hereby prohibited.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 6.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3823/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826)›§ 3823 - Casket registration and numbering | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826) › § 3823 - Casket registration and numbering | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall create and keep a Casket Register in which each casket built in Puerto Rico or imported, acquired, or otherwise traded for use in Puerto Rico shall be registered with a serial number. Any casket that is transported to Puerto Rico holding human remains for interment or cre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3824/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826)›§ 3824 - Casket Register-Funeral home | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826) › § 3824 - Casket Register-Funeral home | Every business, person, or entity providing caskets shall keep a record of the caskets acquired, sold, or otherwise used. Such record shall bear the same serial number used in the Casket Register of the Department of Health, as provided through regulations by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
History —Sept. 15... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3825/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826)›§ 3825 - Casket Register-Cemeteries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826) › § 3825 - Casket Register-Cemeteries | Every cemetery shall keep a record of the caskets used for the interment of human remains in their facilities. Such record shall bear the same serial number used in the Casket Register of the Department of Health, as provided through regulations by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3826/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826)›§ 3826 - Casket Register-Cremation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826) › § 3826 - Casket Register-Cremation | Every business, person, or entity providing cremation services and receiving caskets holding human remains or using caskets to conduct viewings shall keep a record of any casket received, used, or destroyed within the facilities under the registration number that appears in the Casket Register of the Department of Heal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vii/3831/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833)›§ 3831 - Ceremony | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833) › § 3831 - Ceremony | For purposes of this chapter, the viewing of a decedent shall not be restricted to a specific or particular manner and shall have no limitations, except when public health, morality, or order is affected.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 7.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vii/3832/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833)›§ 3832 - Duration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833) › § 3832 - Duration | Provided the human remains are embalmed, the viewing may last up to seventy-two (72) hours after the embalming process.
In the event that it is necessary or convenient to extend the duration of the viewing due to justifiable reasons, it shall be required the pertinent authorization of the Secretary of the Department of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vii/3833/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833)›§ 3833 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833) › § 3833 - Regulations | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide through regulations the circumstances whereby human remains may not be viewed. It shall be the duty of the Funeral Director to enforce said regulations.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 7.03. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3841/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3841 - Establishment; authorization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3841 - Establishment; authorization | To establish a cemetery, there shall be required an authorization from the Permit Management Office endorsed by the Department of Health, approving the location, development, and construction thereof. Moreover, the provisions of §§ 1271, 1272 and 1273 of this title, and § 1274 of this title shall be complied with.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3842/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3842 - Location | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3842 - Location | Cemeteries shall be located preferably in well-ventilated, flat or semi-flat land with proper groundwater levels, as established through regulations by the Permit Management Office.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3843/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3843 - Fence | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3843 - Fence | Every cemetery shall be completely enclosed by well-built, structurally strong concrete walls or metallic fence not less than five (5) feet high that prevents animals from entering the cemetery.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.03. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3844/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3844 - Access | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3844 - Access | Any cemetery built after the effective date of this act shall provide a primary access road with a proper turnaround for vehicles to allow traffic in both directions.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.04. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3845/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3845 - Administrative facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3845 - Administrative facilities | Every cemetery shall have the following facilities:
(1) An office with a fireproof safe for keeping cemetery plans, a register of the deceased by lot, and the casket register.
(2) Equipment storage room.
(3) Separate bathrooms for men and women.
(4) A changing room with shower.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.05. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3846/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3846 - Structures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3846 - Structures | The construction of above-ground tombs, crypts, or mausoleums shall require the authorization of the Permit Management Office endorsed by the Department of Health.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.06. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3847/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3847 - Repairs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3847 - Repairs | When a niche, tomb, crypt, mausoleum, headstone, or any other structure within a cemetery requires any repairs, the Secretary of the Department of Health may require the owners to perform such repair work. If such repairs are not completed within the timeframe established by the Secretary, the Secretary may direct the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3848/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3848 - Maintenance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3848 - Maintenance | The owner or administrator of any cemetery shall keep said facility clean and in perfect sanitary conditions.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.09. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3849/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3849 - Closing and reopening | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3849 - Closing and reopening | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall be empowered to close down a cemetery for noncompliance with the regulations approved for such purposes. The reopening of a closed-down cemetery shall not be considered until five (5) years have elapsed after the closing date.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.09. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3850/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3850 - Private cemeteries; contracts; regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3850 - Private cemeteries; contracts; regulations | Any contract for burial plot entered into with a private cemetery, whether for the sale, usufruct, emphyteusis, leasing, or any other type of conveyance of deed or ownership, as well as contracts for maintenance or interment services, or installment payment plan shall be governed by the Puerto Rico Civil Code and the r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3851/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3851 - Ossuaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3851 - Ossuaries | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide, through regulations, all that pertains to the maintenance of ossuaries in cemeteries. The deposit of bones originating from exhumations or from any other source into open ossuaries is hereby prohibited.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3852/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3852 - Interments in a cemetery; special concessi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3852 - Interments in a cemetery; special concessions | Interments shall be carried out by duly authorized cemeteries. The Secretary of the Department of Health may grant authorization for interment in a specific location outside of a cemetery when just cause is shown and by means of a special permit.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.12. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3861/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3861 - Crematory | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3861 - Crematory | The design, construction, opening, and operation of a crematory shall require the authorization of the Permit Management Office, the Department of Health, the Environmental Quality Board, the Puerto Rico Firefighter Corps, and the Public Service Commission.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 9.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3862/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3862 - Director of the crematory | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3862 - Director of the crematory | The Director of the Crematory shall be in charge of the operations of said facilities. The Director shall be a duly qualified professional certified by the Secretary of the Department of Health. Said director must have completed a technical-vocational course in mortuary science or similar course, previously approved by... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3863/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3863 - Crematory; facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3863 - Crematory; facilities | Every crematory shall have the following facilities:
(1) A cremation furnace.
(2) A facility to keep human remains prior to cremation.
(3) A refrigeration system to keep human remains prior to cremation.
(4) An electric power generator to ensure electric power supply in case of emergencies.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3864/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3864 - Register | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3864 - Register | Every crematory shall keep a record of the following information on every cremated remains:
(1) Full name, including alias or nickname.
(2) Date, time, and place of death.
(3) Person who received the human remains at the crematory, with the date and time of receipt.
(4) Description of the container or casket where the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3865/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3865 - Cremation—Authorization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3865 - Cremation—Authorization | An authorization from the Secretary of the Department of Health is required to perform the cremation of human remains. A signed petition from the interested party is required for the issuance of such authorization. If there is no interested party, the Secretary may issue an authorization upon request from the Director ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3866/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3866 - Cremation—Timeframes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3866 - Cremation—Timeframes | To cremate human remains, at least forty-eight (48) hours must have elapsed from the time of death, except under the following circumstances:
(1) When human remains show early signs of decomposition in the judgment of the director of the crematory.
(2) When the Prosecutor’s Office has investigated the death before fort... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3867/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3867 - Columbariums and urns: definition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3867 - Columbariums and urns: definition | (a) Columbarium.— A niche or group of niches where inurned cremated remains are entombed.
(b) Urn.— A container, chest, or box made of various materials designed to hold cremated remains.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 9.07. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3868/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3868 - Columbariums: facilities and structures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3868 - Columbariums: facilities and structures | Columbariums shall be enclosed with glass or other material to protect the urns entombed therein. Every columbarium shall be duly identified with the name of the decedent whose cremated remains are entombed therein.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 9.08. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3869/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3869 - Costs or prices of goods and services; duty t... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3869 - Costs or prices of goods and services; duty to disclose information | Every business or establishment engaged in the rendering of cremation goods and services shall provide every client with a list of the prices or costs of goods or services offered.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 9.09. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-x/3871/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873)›§ 3871 - Management | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873) › § 3871 - Management | The exhumation of human remains shall be carried out under the direction of the cemetery director or administrator and a duly certified environmental health representative.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 10.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-x/3872/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873)›§ 3872 - Exhumation; timeframes; exce... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873) › § 3872 - Exhumation; timeframes; exceptions | Human remains may be exhumed, provided that, not less than five (5) years have elapsed since the interment, except under the following circumstances:
(1) When the human remains to be exhumed have been embalmed.
(2) When the Secretary of the Department of Health authorizes the exhumation at the request of federal or Com... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-x/3873/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873)›§ 3873 - Transportation of bones outs... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873) › § 3873 - Transportation of bones outside the cemetery | Exhumed bones may be transported to crypts, ossuaries, or tombs located outside the cemetery, provided that, said facilities have been previously approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health and the Permit Management Office. Said bones may also be transported to a crematory for cremation.
History —Sept. 15, 20... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3881/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3881 - Regulations by the Secretary of th... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3881 - Regulations by the Secretary of the Department of Health | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of this chapter in consultation with the Permit Management Office and the Environmental Quality Board, except for the provisions of §§ 3792, 3805, 3813(3), 3841-3844, 3846, 3850 and 3869 of this title.
The Secretary of the Depar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3882/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3882 - Regulations by the Secretary of th... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3882 - Regulations by the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs | The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of §§ 3805, 3850 and 3867 of this title. In doing so, the Secretary shall take into consideration the contents of the Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule.
The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall imp... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3883/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3883 - Regulations by the Permit Manageme... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3883 - Regulations by the Permit Management Office | The Permit Management Office shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of §§ 3841-3844 of this title.
The Permit Management Office shall impose sanctions for any violation of these regulations, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 9011 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 11.03. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3884/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3884 - Regulations by the Public Service ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3884 - Regulations by the Public Service Commission | The Public Service Commission shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of § 3792 of this title.
The Public Service Commission shall impose sanctions for any violation of these regulations, in accordance with the provisions of § 1101 of Title 27.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 11.04. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3885/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3885 - Regulations by the Environmental Q... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3885 - Regulations by the Environmental Quality Board | The Environmental Quality Board shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of § 3813(3) of this title.
The Environmental Quality Board shall impose sanctions for any violation of these regulations, in accordance with the provisions of § 8002p of Title 12.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 11.05. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3886/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3886 - Adoption of regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3886 - Adoption of regulations | The regulations provided in this subchapter shall be adopted and shall take effect within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of approval of this act.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 11.06. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xii/3891/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter XII - Transitory Provisions and Effectiveness (§ 3891)›§ 3891 - Casket labeling | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter XII - Transitory Provisions and Effectiveness (§ 3891) › § 3891 - Casket labeling | Every casket available for sale at the time of approval of this act shall be provisionally labeled for subsequent registration in the Casket Register, in accordance with regulations approved to such effect by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 12.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-i/6152/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b)›§ 6152 - Principles th... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b) › § 6152 - Principles that shall govern the mental healthcare system | The principles that govern the interpretation of this chapter are the following:
(a) Access to the services. — Which includes the following components:
(1) Availability of the services to be rendered, which shall be in accordance with the needs and characteristics of the population to be served, with their age and stag... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-i/6152a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b)›§ 6152a - Applicabilit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b) › § 6152a - Applicability of this chapter | This chapter shall apply to any person who needs, requests, receives or has received mental healthcare services, including services for any abuse or dependency-related disorder and substance (drugs and/or alcohol)-induced disorders; to any public or private institution that plans, administers or coordinates such servic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-i/6152b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b)›§ 6152b - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b) › § 6152b - Definitions | Except otherwise provided in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
(a) Abuse. — Means any action or omission by a mental health professional, private or public institution, or by any other person toward the adult or minor who receives mental health services, during his/her process of t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Populations with severe mental diseases, by level of intensity and multiple needs of their conditions, require particular and special attention regarding their mental health care systems in order to make the decision of participating in the treatment and continue with it, as well as to achieve and keep the stabilizatio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The criteria that shall be considered for severe mental disorders in children and adolescents shall be the following:
(a) That he/she is less than eighteen (18) year old.
(b) That at the present time or during the past year, he/she has been diagnosed with a mental, emotional or behavioral disorder.
(c) That he/she comp... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The lack of interest or the inability of the parent with legal or physical custody, the legal guardian or the person with physical custody or the duty to provide care and shelter to a person, shall not constitute grounds for having him/her placed in a mental healthcare hospital when he/she does not meet hospitalization... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Every mental health professional empowered by this chapter to order restriction, isolation or electroconvulsive therapy shall complete training in the use and application of these therapeutic methods, credited by the applicable certificate. The provisions of this section are subject to the regulations [that the Adminis... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Every entity that provides mental health hospital services that uses therapeutic isolation, restriction and electroconvulsive therapy procedures shall have a protocol that incorporates the best practices and standards in the treatment of persons with mental or emotional disorders, according to the parameters establishe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Every institution that provides ambulatory health services shall have a descriptive services manual, which shall include, as a minimum, the following:
(a) The criteria of admission that must be met any person who requests the services.
(b) The age and level of care of the applicants.
(c) The model of the individualized... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Insofar as the person who receives mental healthcare services is able to communicate rationally, the mental healthcare service provider shall notify him/her in writing and orally, at the time of the initial evaluation or as soon as possible after the same, of his/her right to confidentiality. He/She shall be also infor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Persons who receive mental healthcare services may inspect their clinical records inasmuch as the mental health science professionals who provide outpatient services at their private offices or the inter- or multidisciplinary team within an institution determines that the person who receives the services is capable of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Any report that does not constitute a clinical record and contains direct or indirect information about the person who receives or has received mental health services shall use codes to refer to the person, and shall not include in any of its parts, any name nor nickname. This section does not prohibit the disclosure o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The express authorization required pursuant to this chapter shall meet the following requirements when the information is requested by third parties:
(a) The specific name of the institutional provider authorized to disclose the information;
(b) the name of the natural or juridical person authorized to receive the info... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Any institutional provider of mental healthcare system services shall have a quality assurance system for the services rendered, which shall assess and oversee that the quality of said services is maintained, as well as the adequate use of the procedures administered to patients pursuant to the best practices in the me... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | All mental healthcare service providers shall have offices for people to be offered guidance about their services. As pertains to services offered under the Puerto Rico Government Health Plan and by indirect providers, said offices shall be seated in centrally located places in the area of greater concurrence of the re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153k-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Vis-à-vis the worldwide trends and the federal initiatives as regards to the management of healthcare information by electronic means, all mental healthcare service providers shall record the clinical records for their patients on electronic or computerized media as of January 1, 2010. Such electronic or computerized c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | All institutional providers shall keep and conserve a precise, clear, and legible record on each person who receives mental healthcare services. Such record shall contain all the requirements established under the laws and regulations approved by the Secretary of Health, in addition to the following information:
(a) Th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Unauthorized disclosure of information related to a person who receives mental healthcare services is hereby prohibited, including any third party who has received this information, be it verbally or in writing, upon express authorization, whether or not said information is contained in the record.
The person who recei... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Any person who receives confidential information is hereby prohibited from its disclosure to any third party if no express authorization has been given by the person who receives mental healthcare services.
Any confidential information disclosed under the terms of this chapter shall be accompanied by a document stating... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | When the person receives mental health treatment services as a condition established by a court for his/her probation, conditional release, etc., the providing institution may disclose to the personnel so authorized by the Criminal or Juvenile Justice System, as the case may be, only the information needed to carry out... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | No mental health service provider shall require to the person who receives said services to carry an identification card or any other object that would identify him/her as a person who receives mental health services while outside the institution that provides said services.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 2.17, eff.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | (1) When a person informs a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, professional counselor, or any other healthcare professional of a threat to physically harm a third party, the physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, professional counselor, or healthcare professional shall have the duty to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | (1) When a person communicates to a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, professional counselor, or other healthcare professional his/her intention to commit suicide or self-mutilation, or when such professional believes, based on the person’s behavior, that said person might attempt to conduct such ac... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153s/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | It is hereby prohibited to carry weapons inside any mental healthcare institution. This prohibition excludes Commonwealth police officers and armed security officers in extraordinary public safety conditions, as well as in methadone treatment centers and their mobile or in-house units. If no extraordinary public safety... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153t/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The director of each institutional provider shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary within the institution to assure compliance with all the provisions of this chapter, and the same may broaden or extend, but they may neither restrict nor impair the rights guaranteed to persons who receive menta... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153u/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | All providing institutions shall develop and implement a procedure for reconsidering and revising all clinical determinations.
When a person is denied entrance or admission, or is notified that he/she shall be transferred or released, or that his/her condition shall change and opposes to it, the director of the institu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153v/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The review committee shall be constituted by a psychiatrist and an inter- or multidisciplinary team different from that which tends to the person, as defined in this chapter, to be appointed by the director of the institution. As part of this committee, a representative from an independent community-based organization ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153w/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Family members of the adult who receives mental health services shall be treated with respect and dignity. Family members shall have the opportunity to provide information to the professionals in charge of the treatment. They shall also receive educational information related to the nature of the disorders, medications... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153x/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | When a mental healthcare professional requires the presence of a family member or the legal guardian of an adult, or the parent with physical or legal custody or the legal guardian of a minor who receives mental healthcare services, the family member shall respond immediately. When the family member or legal guardian r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153y/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The rights stated in this chapter shall be posted in a visible place at all institutions that provide mental health services, and [a] copy of these rights shall be delivered to the persons who receive services by virtue thereof. In addition, the responsibilities of the persons who receive mental health services shall b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154 - Bill of rights | The provisions of this subchapter shall be interpreted so as to protect and promote the dignity of the human being through recognition of the essential rights for his/her treatment and rehabilitation.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 3.01, eff. 90 days after Oct. 2, 2000. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154a - Protection of c... | Any adult who receives mental health services shall continue to enjoy his/her rights, benefits and privileges pursuant to the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Puerto Rico, as well as state and federal laws, while receiving evaluation or treatment and rehabilitation, and during the pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154b - Presumption of ... | It is presumed that all persons are mentally competent, except otherwise determined by a court. The judicial determination of disability under § 2342 of Title 31, shall be distinct and separate from the judicial proceeding to determine if an adult should be subject to involuntary admission.
It shall be presumed that an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154c - Limitation of r... | The rights established by this chapter for adults who receive mental health services are applicable to those adults serving a sentence or confined in penal or forensic-psychiatric institutions, as long as they are not in conflict with the security measures established in the institution.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408,... |
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